In the News: Dutch Pavilion
Plus: Half-marathon happening anyway; Jennifer Egan's prediction; photos of a loft. / 1 comment
Swimming With the Fishes
This will perk up your Monday morning: Renderings galore of the gorgeous marine-themed carousel being built at Battery Park, due to be completed by the end of the year. / 1 comment
Newsletter: Feb. 7
The "Bite me" billboard • 33 Vestry • Color Me Mine Tribeca • Prime Essentials • Arts & Sciences Projects • W. Broadway storefront • Robert Mango • Conrad rooftop bar • What's up this week • More
What’s Up This Week
Cowboy Junkies, climate-change refugees, and Mary Tyler Moore's bra are just a few of the highlights on this week’s agenda.
In the News: FiDi Rebound
Plus: New tenant for old Goldman Sachs building; Condé Nast lease getting closer; Park51 imam leaves; Super Bowl cookie forecast.
Arts & Sciences Projects
"We think of it as a curatorial space," says Philip Tomaru, cofounder of Arts & Sciences Projects. "We don't necessarily have a commercial intent." There's an open house today with coffee and treats.
33 Vestry Unveiled
Well, partially. At least we can get a much better sense of what the façade is going to end up looking like. / 1 comment
The “Bite Me” Billboard
"Do you know anything about the new huge advertisement on the corner of West Broadway and Warren that's basically a close-up of a woman's cleavage?" emailed Hope Flamm. / 7 comments
In the News: Sex-Trade Chart
Now we know. Plus: Paul Liebrandt documentary; the Flea reviewed; mysterious mid-river work; a profile of Lot-Less. / 1 comment
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this photo was shot? I bet you do. Nonetheless, prove it in the comments. [Updated with the answer.] / 4 comments
What’s in Store for West Broadway?
A big chunk of storefront at 40 Worth—a.k.a. 220 Church—has been freed up (at the expense of that strange mock supermarket). Now what? / 1 comment
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History of Tribeca Buildings
A lot of NIMBYism in these comments. Financial district is basically the birthplace of the skyscraper, has always been crowded,... — Cd / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
One solution to the lack of common areas and too much traffic: close streets to cars/trucks permanently, and convert them... — Ben / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Typo: before 2010 (not 2020) — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Before 2020, the area was still mostly office (personally I would not describe as moribund) and actually less traffic. There... — stm / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
I pass by 100 Gold a couple of time a week. At street level it seems dank and squat, and... — Gary / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold
Lovely and well deserved -- keep up the good work, Adger! — John Willenbecher / Catching up with Adger Cowans on his 90th birthday
My concern is not any one building in isolation—it is the cumulative impact of (100 Gold St, 250 Water St,... — Harry deen / City moving forward with development of 100 Gold